Monthly Archives: November 2011

Today we did the barrier reef, with a boat/ company called Calypso. We were very lucky as Port Douglas is quiet, there were only 28 on the boat, about 8 divers and the rest snorkelling. We went to Opal reef … Continue reading →

Walked for another hour along the beach before breakfast. Not the real me getting up this early. The stunning four mile beach taken from the high ground behind our apartment Booked our trip to the Outer Great Barrier Reef for … Continue reading →

Up bright and early to do a walk along the “4 Mile Beach” which starts about 50m from our building. Walked for about an hour and came back for some “brekkie”. Drove north up the coast to Daintree village where … Continue reading →

Left for the airport early for our 10 am flight to Cairns. Goodbyes from Ann, Dennis and Emma with a few tears. Good flight hugging the east coast of Queensland with great views, it being a cloudless day. On arrival … Continue reading →

Last full day in Brisbane with the family. Everybody coming round tonight (14) for last supper of meat and potato pie prepared by Denis ( he always does this when United are playing important matches and the family comes). Irene … Continue reading →

We drove north up the east coast to Noosa/Noosa Heads about an hour and a quarter drive from Brisbane. Noosa is quite a busy holiday area, lots of waterways lagoons etc and the beaches are of golden sands abounding with … Continue reading →

Total blue skies and hot today. Set off in the morning to “Mount Coot’tha” which is the high ground to the SW of Brisbane which provides stunning views to the city and beyond. Great viewing area with restaurants and cafes. … Continue reading →

Monday morning found us visiting another bead shop. Paul was delighted!!! This one was huge and left me a bit bewildered, but Dennis got what he wanted. After that we had a tour around the rest of ‘The Shaws’ houses … Continue reading →

Sunday started with Matthew arriving on his motor bike and Christine and Ryan (in a post party haze) arriving with morning tea! Apparently common in Oz, ‘pull-a-parts’, melon, bananas and cheese and biscuits with tea or coffee. Madison and Emma … Continue reading →

Dennis is a bit of a wiz at jewellery making, so we walked to the local bead shop and selected things for poor Dennis to complete!! It was great fun and now I have a selection of handmade jewellery in … Continue reading →

Irene and I went into Brisbane for the day again and I had to get up very very early so we could journey into the city with Irene’s niece Emma in her car, leaving at the unearthly hour of 8.30am. … Continue reading →

Lazy day not doing a lot. Nearby shopping centre trip where Er bought a silver thingy to attach to her necklace. Very nice. Took a walk to the seafront and walked along the prom. We shopped for tonight’s dinner and … Continue reading →

Ann & Dennis took us to O’Reilly’s on a range of mountains of the caldera of an extinct volcano. Stopped for morning coffee in a little town called Canungra, a logging town of old (100years) wooden buildings, now a haven … Continue reading →

Day in Brisbane. Took the train using a Go Card, (Australian oyster card). Walked through the CBD to the river. Over the river the South Bank. Arts and Culture abound on the south bank. We walked along by ‘the beach’, … Continue reading →